200 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Juty, 1grr 
In another Odontoglossum house several handsome Odontiodas were in 
bloom, with a nice batch of the brilliant Cochlioda Neetzliana suspended 
from the roof, and among seedling Odontoglossums were several of the 
handsome O. Lady Roxburghe (cirrhosum x percultum), one of them 
bearing a panicle of 95 buds. It is remarkably vigorous for a plant only 
three years old. 
In a Warm house were a number of interesting Bulbophyllums, including 
B. virescens with two inflorescences, the rare B. anceps, two or three 
examples of B. barbigerum, B. Godseffianum, two forins of B. Lobbii, one 
having the flowers much spotted, Cirrhopetalum pulchrum, C. biflorum 
with a dozen infloresences, Dendrobium Aphrodite, D. nudum in bud, three 
plants of Nephelaphyllum pulchrum, and other interesting things. The 
seedlings are raised in this house ; a number of small frames being devoted 
to the purpose. Dendrobiums do remarkably well in an adjacent house, 
and here the beautiful D. regium was in bloom, with D. Alpha, the first of 
its hybrids, which flowered last year for the first time. It is a charming 
little plant, with some of the rosy colour of this parent. | 
In the houses chiefly devoted to seedlings several interesting things 
were in bloom, including plants of Odontoglossum Queen of Gatton 
(triumphans X percultum), a hybrid which shows a considerable amount of 
variation, some forms being heavily blotched, and others yellow with a very 
few markings. There were also good examples of O. Lambeauianum, 
O. The Kaiser (Adriane x amabile), a large round flower, with numerous 
purple spots, showing the influence of the former parent very clearly. Two 
plants of Odontioda chelseiensis, raised in the collection, were in bloom, 
with one of O. Thwaitesii, and a nice batch of young seedling O. Charles- 
worthii were pointed out. 
In a Warm house a little batch of Cypripedium Lawrenceanum, C. L, 
Hyeanum, C. callosum Sander, and C. Maudiz were-in bloom together, 
furnishing interesting materials for comparison. A plant of the rare 
Australian Sarcochilus Cecilize bore several pink flowers, and among many 
Cattleyas was a pretty hybrid between C. intermedia and C. granulosa, 
having white sepals and petals, and a strongly three-lobed lip, with the 
front lobe purple. The seedlings generally were in excellent condition, and 
many most interesting things were pointed out by Mr. Collier, those from 
Diacrium bicornutum now forming quite a little collection. 
Many familiar species and hybrids were in bloom which we did not note, 
and many rarities not in bloom were pointed out, and to these an increasing 
amount of attention is being paid. An importation has just been received 
from New Guinea, but it ts feared that only a few of them will survive the 
journey, a regrettable circumstance as so few of the numerous New Guinea 
Orchids are yet in cultivation. : 
